QUESTION
How Do Detectives Manage a 500 Case Workload?
0:59:51
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Council Member Robert Holden inquires about the overwhelming workload detectives face, referencing situations where a detective may handle up to 500 cases annually. Responding officials acknowledge this as a city-wide issue, attributing the problem to challenges in recruitment and retention of experienced detectives. They highlight the rigorous selection process for the detective bureau and the shrinking candidate pool. Additionally, the introduction of new technology and compliance with modern discovery laws have added to the demands on individual detectives, intensifying the challenge of managing such a vast number of cases.
Robert Holden
0:59:51
Could you talk about the workload that our detectors are facing?
0:59:54
Because that should have been a topic of this here.
0:59:56
Ring.
0:59:58
Because I'm hearing some reasons have 5 one detector might have 500 cases.
1:00:04
How in the world.
1:00:06
Could you investigate on a level, you know, world class level with 500 cases per year?
Joseph Kenny
1:00:17
It's it's definitely a city wide problem.
1:00:19
It's not isolated to to your command.
1:00:22
This is a it speaks to to a bigger picture of of recruitment and retention.
1:00:27
As we have our experienced detectives and members on patrol retiring.
1:00:33
We're not backfilling them fast enough with with new candidates.
1:00:37
The procedure for itself just to even get into the detective bureau is obviously, you know, a strenuous one.
1:00:43
We we want the best of the best.
1:00:45
But into the fact that the pool patrol used to be our pool that we chose from, and we have a very limited pool now based on staffing levels.
1:00:53
Because of recruitment and retention.
Robert Holden
1:00:56
So and, again, what you have to do is probably 30 years ago 40 years ago, we didn't have the technology certainly that we have now.
1:01:06
But now there's more demands on the individual detective.
1:01:10
Like you mentioned, they get a they have to get approval from supervisor to do this to that.
1:01:16
Yes.
1:01:16
It especially now, we have to comply with discovery laws.
1:01:21
I mean, your your, you know, your testimony, all of you, it's amazing.
1:01:26
You you can't prepare, but and it and it and it shows.
1:01:29
In in in your answers.